A messy tiebreaker situation has led to a protracted schedule for the Mountain Valley Conference baseball playoffs.

Three teams -- Lehighton, East Stroudsburg South and Pleasant Valley -- wound up tied for the final two spots in the MVC playoffs, behind No. 1 Pocono Mountain East and No. 2 Stroudsburg. When the league used its tiebreakers among Lehighton, East Stroudsburg South and Pleasant Valley, it did not bring a satisfactory conclusion to which teams should be in and which one should be out.

The league's athletic directors and league president decided to have a meeting Monday morning to come up with a solution. They had the the three tied teams involved draw for one spot in the semifinals, with the other two teams having to play off for the other spot. Pleasant Valley won the draw and received the automatic semifinal berth.

That means Lehighton and East Stroudsburg South will have a one-game playoff Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Pleasant Valley for the final spot in the semifinals. Lehighton will be the home team in the neutral-site game.

The MVC semifinals will take place Thursday, with the higher-seeded teams hosting 5 p.m. games. Pocono Mountain East will play either Lehighton or Pleasant Valley. Stroudsburg will play East Stroudsburg South or Pleasant Valley.

The MVC title game will be played Saturday at 1 p.m. at a to-be-determined neutral site. It would be at Pocono Mountain East if East is not in the final. The next two site choices would be East Stroudsburg South and Pleasant Valley.

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